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The Joarial - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD—(MRS. D. J. CARTER
Publisher!
im—DANIEL J. CARTER—194*
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $2.00
(la Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
One Year $3.00
(Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
Rates to Those in Service:
One Year (anywhere) $2.00
Entered at the postofflce at North Wilkes
boro, North Carolina, as Second-Claps matter
under Act of March 4, 1879.
Monday, January 10, 1949
Starter For The New Year
. New Year's resolutions have been the
butt of innumerable jokes- And that's
quite understandable—most resolutions
are made as the result of remorse from
an excess of holiday cheer, and are for
gotten as soon as the headache goes away.
But there's another kind of resolution
which everyone should make soberly and
sincerely, and carry out conscientiously.
A resolution of that character might be
phrased in such fashion as this: "During
1949, I will do my part to reduce the dis
graceful and unnecessary fire loss which
is costing this nation more than 10,000
lives and $700,000^000 a year."
There's nothing academic or imperson
al about fire. The fact that it never cost
you a dollar directly doesn't mean a thing.
All of us pay for fire in one way or an
other—in the taxable assets it destroys, in
its depressing influence on employment
and purchasing power, in its consumption
of irreplaceable materials, in higher in
surance rates, and so on. And, more im
portant, the family that never had a fire
Cy be wiped out by one tomorrow.
Those piles of paper and Rubbish ancii
carded clothing—that frayed lamp
t:ord you've meant to replace and haven't
■—that faulty heating unit that should
have been repaired last week or last year
—"little things" such as these are fire's
dependable allies. All of them can be cor
rected easily. How about doing that now
as a starter for the New Year?
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Hints On Winter Driving
"For safety, winterize your driving" is
the advice offered to farmers and other
rural residents today by Paul Choplin,
county agent for the State College Exten
sion Service.
Quoting records of the National Safety
Council, he said accident rates increase
from 24 to 53 per cent during ice and
snow months. Some of the reasons for the
increase, the agent added, are longer
hours of darkness, poor visibility caused
by snow and ice, fog and frost on wind
shield, and slippery roads—all of which
add serious hazards to normal highway
traffic.
"If you must use your car in severe
winter weather, don't gamble against'
these odds," Mr. Choplin said. "Be pre
pared. Good winter equipment, extra cau
tion. behind the wheel, and slower speed
.will turn the odds in your favor."
The farm agent offered the following
"timely tips" to help drivers win the bat
tle against winter traffic hazards:
"Get the feel" of the road surface when
you start out
When road surfaces are snowy or icy,
reduce speed so you can stop in time. At
20 miles per hour, it takes four to 12 times
more distance to stop on snow or ice than
on dry concrete. Slow down well in ad
vance of intersections or curves and avoid'
following other vehicles too closely.
Keep windshields and windows clear
of Snow and ice on the outside, fog and
frost inside. /
Use tire chains when snow or ice con
ditions prevail. They reduce braking
distances from 40 to 70 per cent.
Drive with your lights on to combat poor
visibility in stormy or foggy weather.
Signal intentions of turning or stopping.
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Socialized Medicine's Record
Dr. A. Lexnigton Jones, of Christchurch,
New Zealand, recently spoke at length
on ifhe experience with government medi
cin4 in that country. In the course of it,
he posed and answered three practical
questions which provide a test of the kind
of service socialized medicine provides.
First, are the people getting their mon
ey's worth? His answer was an emphatic
.no—largely for the reason a cumbersome
and costly bureaucracy administers the
plan.
Second, has the system improved medi
cal service? Again the answer is no. Too
many people are consulting doctors un
necessarily, on the grounds that they must
pay a tax for medical attention and so
may as well get it whether they need it
or not. As a result, overworked doctors
simply don't have the time to give each
patient the consideration he should have.
Third, has the system reduced the inci
dence of disease? Once more the answer
is no. Little of the money collected by
the government for the medical scheme
is used for research work. And individual
physicians have little time or incentive for
reading, investigation, and advanced stu
dy.
There are many other arguments against
domination of medicine. These are simp
ly three of the most important from the
people's point of view. Wherever tried, it
has resulted in a deterioration of stand
ards—and a sharp upsurge in govern
ment costs. Exactly the same thing would
happen if we were so foolish as to adopt
compulsory government health insurance
here.
,
With Governor Scott so definitely com
mitted to the proposition of paving coun
try roads, Wilkes should lose no time in
presenting a comprehensive program of
need road improvements, especially on the
many county roads which are used so ex
tensively used by farmers, lumbermen and
others. Governor Scott is expected to get
sympathetic support from the legislature
which is in session at the time of the year
when bad weather frequently makes roads
impassable.
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• LIFE'S BETTER WAY #
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
High Point, N. C., Route 4
1 A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
Perhaps one of the best and greatest
New Year resolutions that many Christian
people could well make, and that would
mean much in their lives and the lives of
others, would be to pray more. There is
nothing more needful than much earnest,
honest, sincere praying. It is easy fo talk
too much, to visit too much, to spend too
much time running to and fro, give too
much time to listening to the radio, and
to read too much, and to spend much val
uable time at non-essentials, but there is
little danger of spending too much time
praying. The great danger is in praying
too little.
God wants a praying people, a praying
church- There is nothing that can ac
complish so much as prayer. Indeed
prayer changes things. God moves to
work wonders, to perform miracles, in
answer to prayer. Sinners are brought
under conviction and to repentance
through the prayers of God's children,
and believers are brought into the exper
ience of holiness, in a large measure, be*
cause Christians pray to that end. We
realize that sick people are healed often
times in answer to prayer, nad by pleading
the healing blood of Jesus. We believe
much in praying for the sick.
There are many problems that we
meet in life that can't be solved in any
way except by prayer. God knows the
solution to every problem that every soul
meets along the journey, but He only
solves those problems as we sincerely
pray and trust Him, Jesus said, "Men
ought always to pray, and not to faint."
(Luke 18:1). O the need of spending
more time in prayer, and of praying more
sincerely! It is easy to program ourselves
to death spiritually, and we are doing
this today, but it is scarcely possible to
die spiritually by too much praying. A
great New Year resolution would be to
highly resolve to pray more, then stick
to it as the year goes by.
We are told in Proverbs, 15:8, that
"the prayer of the upright is his delight,"
or the Lord's delight. This should greatly
encourage us to pray more as His follow
ers. Whatever delights the Lord is cer
tainly worth while. Naturally what He is
delighted with means that He sets His
wonderful approval upon. Prayer from an
honest, sincere, upright soul delights the
Lord of hosts. Praise His name.
Winter-Grip Tread
Being Featured By
Wilkes Tire Store
Protection agalns tthe hazards
of winter driving is provided car
and light truck owners with
Winter-Grip tread, a new and
revolutionary treatment for tires
recently developed by The Good
year Tire & Rubber Company and
announced locally by Wilkes Tire
Store.
"During a series of exhaustive
tests by the company, made on
ice and under some of the most!
unfavorable winter driving condi
tions possible, the new tread
proved to have greater skid re
sistance and better traction than
any tread previously tested," Mr.
Swofford said.
Winter-Grip is obtained by
means of a device known as the
Goodyear Tractionizer which me
chanically pierces the tire tread
leaving thousands upon thous
ands of small holes to a depth oi
1-8-inch to 3-16-inches—mor«
holes than can be obtained bj
any other method. Complet<
treatment is accomplished by thd
Tractionizer, an ingenious mech
anism consisting of two rollers
It works in this manner:
Rear end of the car is jacket
up and each tire in turn is se
down between the two rollers
which are studded with hooke<
edgas
barbs 1-4-inch
the car, the
piercing the
tude of. tiny
pose sharp ec.
The treatment
the entire Win
normal mileag4
Any tire hax
inch tTead des
be treated in
Swoffora decla
long. Powered by
Wheel is rotated—
tread with a multi
pefforations that ex
to grip the road,
is gauged to last
ter season, for
requirements.
;^ing at least 1-16
gn remaining can I
his manner, Mr.
ed.
With the Winter-Grip method,
tread mileage loss is email com
pared to other type winter treads
previously used.
It takes less than one hour to
equip a set 'our tires (pas
senger or pick-up truck-tread
width maximum six inches) with
the new* Winter-Grip treatment.
It may be obtained only' from
Goodyear dealers.
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